yelyah - “binary days 20111101” piano improv
Obviously, I need to catch up on the uploads because it’s weird having to clarify that, it’s not the first, it’s the fourth.
And my bad Friday streak is back.
Granted, last Friday wasn’t as bad as the 4 bad Fridays in a row, but combined with today’s whopper, it represents a new streak.
Someone stole my credit card number (just the number, not the card) and racked up nearly $350 in iTunes purchases. It makes me wonder why they stopped there. Maybe at $500, it ends up as a felony.
I have a guess as to where the number got compromised based on the time of one online purchase versus when the first of the iTunes purchases came in, but mostly, I’m trying not to agonize over it because the cat’s out of the bag and all I can do at this point is just start checking statements religiously to ensure it gets caught if it happens again.
Frankly, in some ways I’m surprised that this is the first time I’ve ever been identify thefted given how long I’ve been using credit cards on a regular basis.
I have to hope that everything goes smoothly from here in fighting the $350 in charges. I’m definitely going to be looking into virtual numbers going forward. Not that it would’ve prevented this problem, but it would’ve at least made it way easier to tell where the compromise came from (unless I was thefted by someone who temporarily had access to my physical card).
Yeah. I’d say it hasn’t been my month, but October wasn’t my month either. Nor was September. And so on and so forth.
There is a conclusion I’ve come to about everything. In the same vein of “if you want something done, give it to a busy person”… “if you want something to hurt less emotionally, give it to someone who’s already overburdened with misery”. Because, there seems to be a limit to how much misery you can feel. After a point, it just kinda all blurs together.
Enjoy the haze.
